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# 宗鏡錄 79.33

宗鏡錄 79.33

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [79.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.79.33)

答。只為如幻。故垢淨不定。由心迴轉。凡聖法生故。思益經云。垢法說淨。見垢實性故。淨法說垢。貪著淨相故。

> Answer: Precisely because they are like an illusion, defilement and purity are indeterminate; they arise as the mind revolves, producing ordinary and noble phenomena. Therefore, the Viśeṣacintibrahmaparipṛcchāsūtra says: "Defiled phenomena are explained as pure because one sees the real nature of defilement; pure phenomena are explained as defiled because one greedily clings to the characteristic of purity."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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